‘URGENT CLARIFICATION’ by the U.N.’s Palestinian Agency Leaves More Questions Than Answers

It’s been a few days since the U.N. agency that administers aid to Palestinians, including in the Gaza Strip, deleted a statement that accused Hamas of stealing fuel from one of its facilities in the Palestinian enclave. It still has not given a clear explanation of what happened.

On Tuesday, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency wrote on social media that it had “received reports that yesterday a group of people with trucks purporting to be from the Ministry of Health of the de facto authorities in Gaza, removed fuel and medical equipment from the Agency’s compound” in Gaza City. The agency’s posts added that UNRWA had evacuated the facility prior to the alleged theft and that security cameras covering it had been disabled by explosions. UNRWA said that “fuel & other types of material are kept for strictly humanitarian purposes — any other use is strongly condemned.”

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It’s been a few days since the U.N. agency that administers aid to Palestinians, including in the Gaza Strip, deleted a statement that accused Hamas of stealing fuel from one of its facilities in the Palestinian enclave. It still has not given a clear explanation of what happened.

On Tuesday, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency wrote on social media that it had “received reports that yesterday a group of people with trucks purporting to be from the Ministry of Health of the de facto authorities in Gaza, removed fuel and medical equipment from the Agency’s compound” in Gaza City. The agency’s posts added that UNRWA had evacuated the facility prior to the alleged theft and that security cameras covering it had been disabled by explosions. UNRWA said that “fuel & other types of material are kept for strictly humanitarian purposes — any other use is strongly condemned.”